When comparing SF Launcher 2 vs Lucid Launcher Pro, the Slant community recommends SF Launcher 2 for most people. In the question“What are the best launchers for Android?”SF Launcher 2 is ranked 40th while Lucid Launcher Pro is ranked 42nd. The most important reason people chose SF Launcher 2 is:

The home screen is organized into cards that can be scrolled vertically. Cards can contain widgets or collections of apps. Swiping from the left gives access to all apps and swiping from the right gives access to all widgets. These can then be added to the homescreen. It's possible to customize the order, color, transparency, size and what how much information or apps a card displays.

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Specs

File Size8.6M

In App PurchasesNone

PublisherJack Thakar

Required Android Version4.1 and up

File Size2.4M

In App PurchasesNone

Publisherpowerpoint45

Required Android Version3.0 and up

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Pros

Pro

Easy to use, card-based interface

The home screen is organized into cards that can be scrolled vertically. Cards can contain widgets or collections of apps. Swiping from the left gives access to all apps and swiping from the right gives access to all widgets. These can then be added to the homescreen. It's possible to customize the order, color, transparency, size and what how much information or apps a card displays.

Pro

Clean, material design inspired aesthetic

The look of the launcher is inspired by Android 5.0 Lollipop and material design. It follows material design color scheme, has a card-based layout and a Google Now-like, header with a stylized image of a city at the top of the homescreen that changes throughout the day.

Pro

Interesting layout

Swiping horizontally switches between home screens, app drawer and browser while swiping vertically switches home screens.

Pro

Includes innovative features

Lucid allows having the browser as one of home screens, changing what's displayed on a home screen depending on device's orientation and quickly launching apps from a favorites sidebar that can be accessed anywhere by swiping from the left edge.

Cons

Con

Interface is not optimized for widgets that can be scrolled

Since the interface is based on vertical scrolling cards, widgets that can be scrolled (like a calendar widget) can get in the way of easily scrolling through the list of cards. It is possible to turn off widget scrolling in the settings to avoid these issues, but limits functionality of widgets.

Con

Sidebar only on one side

The side where the sidebar appears can not be switched, making for a difficult launcher to use in the left hand.

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